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The boy governor : Stevens T. Mason and the birth of Michigan politics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Faber, Don, 1939-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Mason, Stevens Thomson, > 1811-1843.
Governors > Michigan > Biography.
Michigan > Politics and government > 1837-1950.
Michigan > Politics and government > To 1837.
Michigan > History > To 1837.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The early years
  • The Michigan frontier
  • Mason, boy in charge
  • Statehood and the Toledo War
  • Building a state
  • The financial panic of 1837
  • The Patriot War
  • The five-million-dollar loan
  • Wildcat banks, failed railroads, and filled-in canals
  • Final disheartenment
  • Death and remembrance.